Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS month of premium costs (previously $200 per month) for benefit service plan, ad- ministered by CLAC Health and Welfare Trust Fund for each employee (minimum 24 hours per week worked). Employees will pay minimum $1 per month (employees will be responsible for any further increases to plan greater than $245 per eligible member per month). Dental: Basic services: 80% maximum $2,000 per person per year; major services: 50% maximum $2,000 per person per year; orthodontic: 50% maximum $3,000 lifetime maximum per child younger than 19. Vision: Coverage of $300 per year for those younger than 21; $300 every 2 years for 21 and older. AD&D: Coverage of $50,000. Life insurance: Coverage of $50,000. Pension: Employer contributes 2.5%, employee contributes 2.5% of CLAC Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate fam- ily (spouse, daughter, son, mother, father, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild). 1 day for death in extended family (sister-in-law, brother-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, son-in- law, daughter-in-law). Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' at regular rate for time spent on emergency work outside of scheduled hours. Probationary period: 500 hours after being hired; 1,000 hours for all maintenance em- ployees (employer, union may agree to extend employee's pro- bationary period for additional 1,000 hours maximum). Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for previous written warnings, previous suspen- sions. Safety shoes: Rubber boots will be supplied to employees at cost. Maintenance, yard- man, shipping, cooler employ- ees (with more than 6 months' seniority) who purchase safety footwear for use on job, will receive $250 toward purchase; $100 for all positions not list- ed, who wish to purchase foot- wear in lieu of rubber boots. Uniforms/clothing: Laun- derable outer work clothing, oilskin aprons, oilskin sleeves, gloves, hair nets, head cover- ing will be supplied to employ- ees. Tool allowance: All trades- people of maintenance depart- ment (after 6 months' senior- ity) will receive maximum $225 per year (previously $200 per year) for replacement of tools which are broken or worn out on job. Effective Aug. 1, 2022: Maximum $245 per year. Service technicians (after 6 months' seniority) will receive maximum $75 per contract year for replacement of tools in relation to assigned job duties where employer has approved and been provided purchase receipt. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Level P1 New hire: $17.50 rising 2 steps to $18.10 5 months: $17.98 rising 2 steps to $18.58 10 months: $18.43 rising 2 steps to $19.03 15 months: $19.08 rising 2 steps to $19.68 20 months: $19.73 rising 2 steps to $20.33 25 months: $22.17 rising 2 steps to $23.07 Level P2 New hire: $17.71 rising 2 steps to $18.31 5 months: $18.20 rising 2 steps to $18.80 10 months: $18.66 rising 2 steps to $19.26 15 months: $19.32 rising 2 steps to $19.92 20 months: $19.98 rising 2 steps to $20.58 Months: $22.45 rising 2 steps to $23.35 Level P3 New hire: $17.97 rising 2 steps to $18.57 5 months: $18.48 rising 2 steps to $19.08 10 months: $19.08 rising 2 steps to $19.68 15 months: $19.76 rising 2 steps to $20.36 20 months: $20.44 rising 2 steps to $21.04 25 months: $22.79 rising 2 steps to $23.69 Level P4 New hire: $18.13 rising 2 steps to $18.73 5 months: $18.65 rising 2 steps to $19.25 10 months: $19.14 rising 2 steps to $19.74 15 months: $19.83 rising 2 steps to $20.43 20 months: $20.52 rising 2 steps to $21.12 25 months: $23.01 rising 2 steps to $23.91 P5: $24.01 rising 2 steps to $24.91 P6: $24.54 rising 2 steps to $25.44 P7: $25.55 rising 2 steps to $26.45 M1: $24.54 rising 2 steps to $25.44 M3: $30.15 rising 2 steps to $31.05 M4 ticketed journeyman New hire 90%: $39.34 rising 2 steps to $40.15 5 months 95%: $41.52 rising 2 steps to $42.38 10 months 100%: $43.71 rising 2 steps to $44.61 Apprentice Year 1 60%: $26.23 rising 2 steps to $26.77 Year 2 70%: $30.60 rising 2 steps to $31.23 Year 3 80%: $34.97 rising 2 steps to $35.69 Year 4 90%: $39.34 rising 2 steps to $40.15 Editor's notes: Committee meetings: Union steward who comes in when not scheduled to work to attend committee meet- ing will be paid flat fee of $25. EDUCATION Board of School Trustees Dist. No. 54 Bulkley Valley Smithers, B.C. (140 educational, IT employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 2145 Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022. Signed on Feb 25, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2019: 2% Effective July 1, 2020: 2% Effective July 1, 2021: 2% Shift premium: When em- ployee does not receive mini- mum rest period (10 hours between shifts), employee will be paid at overtime rates of pay for all hours worked on subsequent shift at change to employee's shift schedule. $1 per hour to special education assistants or education assis- tants working with students identified for funding pur- poses within ministry defined categories of autistic, severe to profound and/or multi-hand- icapped students for hours as- signed to these students. $0.90 per hour (previously $0.65 per hour) for each hour on afternoon shift. $1.05 per hour (previously $0.80 per hour) for each hour on night shift. $0.90 per hour for employee appointed as lead-hand. $1.20 per hour will be paid to em- ployees while doing: cleaning domestic hot-water tanks; re- bricking boilers; cleaning fuel tanks; spray painting; while ex- posed to raw sewage; cleaning oil-fired furnaces or boilers; changing of air-handling unit, filters and servicing. $1.50 per hour above trades-certified rate for maintenance foreman. $0.20 per hour for every shift certification is required (as per WorkSafeBC regulations) for first-aid attendant. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month, maximum 15 days, or 6% to start, 15 days or 6% after 2 years, 20 days or 8% after 6 years, 25 days or 10% after 13 years, 30 days or 12% after 21 years. Employee leaving employer before employee has taken vacation will be entitled April 12, 2021 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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